Check-it-out chocolate. I can have a bit of chocolate, can't I?
But my weight worries me a bit these days.
However, chocolate. I can have a bit of chocolate, can't I?
But wait a while! Wait a while! Wait! Wait! Wait!

I did it very very hard. I did my very best.
So, a bit (heart). I ask you just a little bit.
Quickly chocolate. Please give me chocolate quickly!
Pass me chocolate! Chocolate, please!

Check-it-out chocolate. I can have a bit of chocolate, can't I?
I think so, don't you? It's so good. I'll be so happy and can work hard.
So, chocolate. I can have a bit of chocolate, can't I?
I think so, don't you? Just a little bit. I'll eat just a little bit of chocolate.

[i] 女子中学生が太るのは自然です (It's Natural for 13-15 yr. Girls to Grow Fat)

This is a song of a girl who likes chocolate but worries about gaining weight. Roughly speaking, girls in their preteen and teenage first grow tall, second grow fat, and finally become shaped up without special efforts. Girls need not worry much if they grow fat in this second stage. It's just because of the instability in the growth stage.

But sometimes tragedies occur. Japanese magazines for adult women present many ways of dieting and shaping-up, but girls' problem is rather that the fat is stored in undesirable positions in the process of storing the fat in desirable positions than eating too much, so they can eat far less than needed if they hope to reduce undesirable fat only by dieting. So as not to be trapped by this, I wish girls to acquire the accurate knowledge of the growth stage and shaping-up.

When boys (and men) say "you've grown fat", they say just as they see and don't mean "you've become ugly" in most cases. Japanese women and girls, however, tend to think "fatty is ugly" severer than the Japanese men's and boys' valuation.

[ii] Are Many Lyrics of This Song Tentative?

In most cases of recent Japanese popular songs, the lyrics are written lastly (it's not rare that the lyric has not been written when all backing tracks are completed). From when the melody is made until the lyric is made, the melody is sung with random (meaningless) words like "Kud dis bi shaba daba...". It is sometimes called "kariuta" (仮歌; tentative song).

The "Parappappappaa... Too, too late..." section may be the tentative lyrics left over, and the "Atatata..." section may be the tentative lyrics plus "zukyun" & "dokyun" (possibly from the choreography). If so, thinking the meaning of these lyrics is hopeless.
Some readers suggested to me (note #4, #9, #10) that "yada", "never", "mada", etc. represent the state of struggling to resist the temptation of chocolate and "too, too late" represents the state of giving up resisting. Each line can be so interpreted. I wish the lyric writers had used more words to tell about the story if they really had had such a story in their minds. (Appended on 2015 Aug. 23.)

[iii] About the Call and Response in Concerts.

In the concerts from 2014 June to 2016 May, the call & response was inserted in the third part. The accompaniment was the same as that for "Chekera chokoreeto...". There were some differences according to time and place. In the concerts of 2016 June, they have done the call & response in other songs, and haven't done in this song.

On 2016 May 11th, halfway through the US tour, BABYMETAL began the new call & response (thanks to silentlennie san on 2016 May 16th). It was firstly longer and seems to be shortened. The audience are asked to say "Give me! Give me!" with YUIMETAL & MOAMETAL. The producer wanted the audience to sit down on the floor/ground (then jump), but it seems difficult for the audience to do so. This part may possibly be changed.

Notes

The lines marked with "M" are sung by MOAMETAL, with "Y" by YUIMETAL. The lines with "M,Y,M,Y" by MOAMETAL and by YUIMETAL in turns. The enclosed phrases [---] marked with "(s)" are sung by SU-METAL. (Added on 2017 Mar. 20.)

It is "Give me chocolate!". It took time until the English title was settled.

The death growls except the first one seem to be not "Give me chocolate!" but "Give me! Give me!". I fixed the lyric notations (thanks to Fernando san on 2017 May 23).

"Atatata..." and "watatata..." are meaningless. These are screamed by martial artists pounding something/someone in manga. "Atatata" is sometimes used to express someone's upset state.

"Zu(k)kyun" and "Do(k)kyun" is used to express the state of one's heart shot by something (e.g. the arrow of love). "Zukyun" has some wet nuance. "Zukin" is used to express a dull pain in one's body.

"Yada" is literally "dislike", i.e. "I dislike to do that", but I don't know what "that" refers to.
Bearvarine san (on 2014 Mar. 27) suggested this line shows the resistance to the temptation of chocolate (appended on 2015 Aug. 23).

The official lyrics lacks the reading "chekera" (only C! I! O!). "Chekera-t-choko" (= check-it-out chocolate) appeared in one of the prologues for "Onedari DaiSakusen". The Fox God had told BABYMETAL never to eat it. Some Japanese disc jockeys, hip-hoppers, etc. say "Check it out!" imitating the Americans, but most Japanese people hear it as "chekera".

This "cho" is an abbreviation of "chotto" (= a bit, a little).

I found MOAMETAL singing "Atatata tatata" on the 2nd & 3rd times on 2015 Mar. 22nd.

I hear YUIMETAL singing "wadadada..." on the 2nd & 3rd times, but the official lyrics are "watatata...".
Though not confirmed whether fact or fiction, the arranger of "IJIME, DAME, ZETTAI" & "AKATSUKI" and one of BABYMETAL's backing guitarists tweeted that she lisped this phrase but the director OK'd because it was cute (thanks to Anonymous san on 2014 Mar. 2nd).

I don't know about what "yet" and "never" are said.
Anonymous san (on 2014 Dec. 11) suggested "mada" means "I'm still resisting." but the resistance has become weaker (appended on 2015 Aug. 23).

The choreography at "parappappappaa..." represents playing the recorders, clarinets or something. I don't know about what "too late" is said.
Anonymous san (on 2014 Dec. 11) & Anonymous san (on 2015 Mar. 29) suggested it is too late to stop me eating chocolate (appended on 2015 Aug. 23).

The official lyrics are with reading: "P! P! P! (Please! Please! Please!)".

"Yabai" originally means "dangerous", but young people use it as "very".
Corresponding many "choo", I inserted three "very" in the translation on 2014 Jul. 17th.

This part of the choreography looks like writing something in a notebook, so probably this means "I studied very hard".

Note that it's not "a bit of heart", etc. but "a bit" with the heart symbol. The official lyrics are "ちょっと♥(ハート)", and enclosed "(haato)" shows the reading of the symbol. Japanese girls often attach the heart symbol to express their emotion. If it can't be used, they write like "ちょっと(はぁと)" (different from the word "ハート" itself).

"Dayone" is an abbreviation of "soo da yo ne". Usually it is used to agree with other's view by responding to their words. In this song, I guess it means requesting the listeners to agree to "I can have a bit of chocolate" ("because I can work hard if I have it"), and so translate.

I've seen in the comments that Atatata~ and Watatata~ were to imitate gun shots. Zukyuun is squeezing and Dokyuun is the sound meaning a shot from a gun. I read somewhere Zukyuun could be related to squishy so they would be thinking a shot from a gun that makes you fat hence the chocolate but not wanting to gain weight from it.

Thank you for an interesting interpretation.Those onomatoppeias (except "zukyun") are sometimes used as you explained, and the listeners have freedom to imagine, but rumor says MOAMETAL wasn't given any explanation and sang thinking these lyrics were tentative (Japanese songs are sung with such meaningless words if the lyrics are not written yet).

The difference between "dokyun" for pistol and "dokan" for cannon is that of the frequency components of shot sound (the former is higher because of the smaller size).For emotion, "kyun" represents the sense of the tightening of the chest."Zukyun" feels wetter than "dokyun" like the sound of diving into the water "zabun" and of collapsing onto the floor "batan". If I dare say, "dokyun" is for love at first sight and "zukyun" for a sudden gentle word sinking into my heart.The movement of "dokkyun" is slower/larger/more massive than that of "dokyun" corresponding to a small silence inserted between "do" and "kyu".

In this way, most Japanese onomatopoeiai represent some state somewhat physically(?) related to the sound of voice. Probably any state-voice pair is alright if the listener can feel then the state resembles the sound of voice.

For your curiosity: I've read a scientific article ( http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~nippon/jogbd_h14/jog240.html ) reporting that, only native Japanese speakers and native Polynesian speakers hear the singing of insects, the sound of raindrops, etc. by the speech brain (usually the right hemisphere), and other people hear it by the other hemisphere (as mere noise).

Thank you. The performance is the craziest thing I've seen in a long time. Definitely appreciate the translation -- and as a student of Japanese I really appreciated the translation notes! Domo arigato gozaimasu!

I think the song is a whimsical take on the love-hate relationship girls have with chocolate -- they love its deliciousness, but hate its caloric properties. The song seems to bounce back and forth between trying to resist it (won't! never!) then begging for just a little bit. Seriously one of the cutest, most interesting imaginative twist on death metal I've ever seen.

By the way YUI and MOA dance and scream to the あたたた～ and わたたた～ part, it seems to me like it's supposed to be 2 little girls jumping around because they are very hyper from eating chocolate (or maybe very excited that they get to eat chocolate).

This lyric has indeed a lot of impact, but many Japanese, such as Keisuke KUWATA, have written lyrics giving priority to the rhythm or the sound of words over the meaning of words since long ago. I don't think BABYMETAL's lyrics are in any special position.

Hi. Just looking at the lyrics I understand why most non-Japanese would be confused, but this song's not really about chocolate - it's about Valentines. In Japan, Valentine's Day has been split in two. On 2/14 the girls give chocolate to guys. "Giri choco" goes to your boss, teacher, etc., but then the girl gives homemade chocolate to the boy that she really likes. A month later, on March 14th, the boy (if he like her back) will reciprocate. The song's about how the girl's worked really hard to make the chocolate, and is agonizing over whether the boy will reciprocate her feelings for him (which is why she really wants chocolate).

Thank you for interesting interpreation. But Japanese boys usually give girls marshmallows or some candies to reciprocate on March 14th. Therefore I think it is difficult to think she wants him to give her chocolate.I guess, if there is anyone whom she says "give me chocolate", it is probably her sister, brother, or parent, who is eating chocolate in front of her saying like "this is all mine because you said you never eat chocolate until you become slim".

(C!) Come to me, I'll show to you,(H!) How I've strive far away from you, (A!) And how hard my life's compared to you, (M!) Made to make and remake it again,(P!) Play the game till 'ya know all the pain,(I!) I am one of a kind,(O!) Only one thing in my mind, (N!) Never be the common but to be a CHAMPION.

[RAP]

Watashiwa CHAMPION' desu'If you can't catch me so take a rest..I could rap this song in a speed of light with not a single gap..So you couldn't beat me and even 'see' the words in the 'map'

Stop crying like a baby~Let's have this live happily~Running to the victory~Don't be sad..don't be worry~(Start building days that will be..)

"Tumetai" = "cold". "Kaze" = "wind". "Samui" is used for our feeling of coldness.The form "the + Japanese noun" often used for "the typical/ideal of ---" in Japanese."Nage" corresponds to "throw". "Nagesutero" and "tobe" are imperative forms."Atama" is literally "head". "Kokoro" is used for emotion. An empty kokoro usually means the emotionless state like a man who has lost his dearest wife.

There may be nothing right or wrong because there's no rule for your attempt. But attaching "the" gives me the impression that they are not the mixed-up of English & Japanese but just English sentences with the words borrowed from Japanese. Seeing "the sora", I really wondered if English has other "sora" than that of Japanese.

My thoughts to your note 8 about 'Mada' and 'Never': I think the 'Mada' and 'Never' means 'Still, never' in my opinion, like 'I'm still resisting the chocolate'. It is weaker than the 'Yada' showing that the resistance to chocolate fades away slowly until it is too late to resist anymore.

Thank you for your comment. I think it was totally accidental coincidence, or if there could be any reason, MK-METAL (one of the lyric writers) might be female and she might have expressed such a feeling unconsciously.

[SU] Do you like chocolate?[YUI] Yeah.[MOA] Me, too.[MOA] Let ask the Fox God for chocolate.[SU] We will show you how to do.*[SU] Check-it-out chocolate, chocolate... Say![YUI][MOA] Give me! Give me! *(*-* repeat)[YUI] You're ready.[SU] Now it's your turn. Are you ready?(*-* repeat)[SU] Very good.[YUI] The Fox God hears us. So, who wants chocolate?[SU] OK. Everybody, push it back and sit down! Push it back![MOA] All of you up there, too.[SU] Who wants chocolate?[SU] When I say "3, 2, 1", you jump. OK?(*-* repeat)[SU] 3, 2, 1, jump!

Hi. I've just found there's a typo in the romaji version of the 3rd chorus, "cokoreeto" (without the h).On the other hand, most of the times you have "Give me chocolate" by the biscuit monster voice (with the [[...]]), except the first one, what I hear is [[Gimme gimme]] or [[Give me give me]], if you want to check it out = chekera! ;)

Saludos,

Fernando :)

P.S. Oh, and in "Megitsune" there's one "kitusne" (instead of kitsune) somewhere in the romaji version, "chekera" p-p-p! :)